BILL NUMBER: SB 1402	CHAPTERED  09/19/00

	CHAPTER   494
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 19, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 16, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 29, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 25, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 7, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 26, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 10, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MARCH 22, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Johannessen
   (Principal coauthor:  Senator Leslie)

                        JANUARY 31, 2000

   An act to amend Sections 7420 and 7441 of the Elections Code,
relating to the Republican Party.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1402, Johannessen.  Republican Party:  county central
committees.
   Under existing law, commencing with the statewide direct primary
election on March 7, 2000, except for the members of the County of
Orange central committee, the members of each Republican county
central committee are elected at every statewide direct primary
election, as specified.
   This bill would eliminate the exception for the election of
members to the County of Orange central committee, thereby imposing a
state-mandated local program.
   Under existing provisions of law relating to the selection of
officers of the state Republican Party, after each election, an
organizational or reorganizational meeting is required to take place
within 30 days after new county central committee members receive
certificates of election, except the Central Committee of the County
of Orange, whose members assume office and are required to hold an
organizational meeting on the first Monday in December of each
even-numbered year.
   This bill would provide that the members of the central committee
shall assume office and hold their first meeting during the month of
December or January following a general election and would provide
that a member shall hold office for a 2-year term commencing with
that first meeting.
  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state.  Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund
to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide
and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed
$1,000,000.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 7420 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   7420.  (a) At every statewide direct primary election, a member
shall be elected to a county central committee to replace a member
whose term is expiring.
   (b) When district boundaries are redrawn and districts are
renumbered in accordance with the decennial census, a member of a
county central committee may run for election in a newly numbered
district at the next election even though his or her current term of
office has not expired.  If a person is elected in the newly numbered
district and takes the oath of office, the person is deemed to have
resigned from his or her previous district office at that time.
  SEC. 2.  Section 7441 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   7441.  (a) At the first meeting, a committee shall organize by
selecting a chairperson, a secretary, and any other officers and
committees as it deems necessary for carrying on the affairs of this
party.
   (b) The members of the central committee shall assume office and
hold their first meeting during the month of December or January
following a general election.  A member shall hold office for a
two-year term commencing with that first meeting held in December or
January following a general election.
  SEC. 3.  Notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if
the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains
costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and
school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7
(commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the
Government Code.  If the statewide cost of the claim for
reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000),
reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund.